Tamar Stieber Biography

Tamar Stieber is an American journalist who won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting. Her coverage revealed a correlation between drug L-tryptophan and a rare blood disorder. As a result of her reporting, the Food and Drug Administration recalled the dietary supplement.

In 1993, she sued the Albuquerque Journal for unfair treatment and gender discrimination. The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico ruled in favor of the Journal and an appellate court upheld the decision.

Tamar Stieber Age

Tamar was born on 15th September 1955. As of 2019, she is 63 years old.

Tamar Stieber Family

She has kept her life off the cameras and hence no information is known about her parents and siblings. This information will be updated as soon as it’s clear.

Tamar Stieber Husband

There is no information about her dating life or her previous relationships. She keeps her life off the limelight.

Tamar Stieber Career

1990 Pulitzer Prize

In 1990, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting. A freshman reporter who had only started at the Journal one year prior, she first reported that three doctors in New Mexico had noticed a link between their patients’ rare blood disorders and their use of the dietary supplement L-tryptophan. Both doctors and state officials were skeptical and resistant to cooperating with the reporting.

After her articles were published, over 300 cases of the potentially fatal disorder were discovered in 38 states, including the District of Columbia The FDA subsequently announced a nationwide class I recall of L-tryptophan. She was the first reporter from New Mexico to win a Pulitzer Prize

Tamar Stieber Lawsuit

1993 lawsuit

After winning the Pulitzer award, she received nominal promotions from the Albuquerque Journal but suffered from alleged “discrimination in salary, assignments, and opportunities for advancement.” Stieber filed a gender bias complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which “failed to complete its investigation and make a recommendation within the required 180 days.” She subsequently sued the Albuquerque Journal.

The suit alleged that in May 1992, her pay was still $8,500 less than the average pay of three male investigative reporters, none of whom had won a Pulitzer Prize. The Journal alleged that some of her stories were erroneously reported and that she was using company resources to sue the newspaper. In October 1994, she resigned from the Albuquerque Journal.

In April 1995, a federal jury ruled in favor of the Albuquerque Journal. On October 23, 1997, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the jury’s decision.